City of Birmingham Championship Show

Judges Critiques

Heather Cleaver

Judging: Hound Group, Whippet

City of Birmingham Championship Show 4th September 2026

Whippet Bitches

Thanks go to the hard - working Committee for the invitation to judge , it was a great honour. Thanks to my steward Sue Smith for keeping our ring on track.
Thanks to everyone who entered their bitches, it was a lovely entry and a pleasure to judge.

I was pleased to see more correct pasterns than last time I judged, important in a running breed, some carried a little too much condition which is difficult in bitches and affected a few placings on the day.
All in all a cracking entry with quality all through the classes

Special Beginners Bitch 17 , 4 abs
1 Saxby’s Sandspring Sophie Loren
Fawn and white of good size with a lovely outline, good front assembly, spring of rib and rear angulation, sound all through and moved well.
2 Tristram’s Hinksey Elsa’s Apple
Fawn with white trim of good size and outline , similar in type to 1 but just lacked the drive on the move.
3 Briarley’s Wentvalley Gosh How Posh at Serenbea

Veteran Bitch 13, 5 abs
1 Short’s Ch Collooney Bit on the Side JW
Fawn Brindle , prettiest of heads into a lovely neck and front, nice tight feet and good spring to pasterns, good proportions into a strong rear, sound as a pound and moving well all ways , lovely bitch BVB
2 Leatheart’s Ringmore Hecate
Fawn with white trim , lovely condition, nice head and neck into good front, good spring of rib into decent rear, sound on the move but just preferred the length of 1
3 Bowsher’s Fifty Shades Darker JW

Minor Puppy Bitch 13, 2 abs
1 Wilton-Clarke's Shalfleet Gabrielle
Red Brindle white trim, such a pretty feminine puppy, lovely head into super neck and shoulders, good in pasterns with nice tight feet, correct proportions and good rear angulation. Lovely curvy outline. Sound up and down with effortless profile movement, covering the ground with drive. Promising baby
2 Wheeler’s Ranveli Czech Her Out
Fawn brindle with white trim of just 6 months,

Another pretty feminine girl , good in head and neck with front well under her, nice proportions into a good rear. Sound up and down and in profile, just full of beans hence not as settled on the move. Super quality throughout
3 Whitehead’s Citycroft Snow on the Beach

Puppy Bitch 8
1 Moreland’s Zoraden Meant to Beaver
Fawn with white trim , well -balanced bitch, super breed type, real quality girl, good in head, neck and the smoothest of shoulders. Good proportions with spring of rib and well-filled front, nice rear angulation. Super sound with drive in profile. BPB
2 Lloyd’s Jenny Wren at Penwincoed
Fawn white trim bitch , lots to like about her, front and rear angles all correct with good body proportions, good feet and pasterns. Sound on the up and back and moved with drive, just a little up on size for me
3 Tyson’s Starcylon She’s Just a Lady

Junior Bitch 10, 1 abs
1 Short’s Collooney Senorita Sisi
Fawn brindle with white trim, pretty head , good neck into well angled front, lovely smooth shoulders, good proportions with a well angled rear. Stands on tight feet with correct pasterns. Super outline stacked showing excellent breed type, moved well all ways with plenty of drive behind.
2 Ellis’s Silkridge Silhouette over Railfield
Black with white trim , very pretty bitch with the best of outlines, everything in balance and proportion, curvy with her front nicely under her, good rear angulation , lovely profile movement and sound enough on the up and down
3 Mycroft. Spademan , Morris and Waddell’s Supeta’s Too Glam to Give a Damn with Crosscop

Yearling Bitch 14, 2 abs
1 Kemp’s Saraquele Smooth N Sassy
Fawn with white trim , quality, elegant girl of good breed type, pretty head into elegant neck and smooth shoulders, correct pasterns and feet, good body proportions and well angled rear. Sound up and down with rear drive in profile.
2, Whitehead and Smith’s Citycroft Lone Star
Fawn with white trim bitch, very pretty girl, feminine showing good breed type, smoothest of shoulders with front well under her, good for size , well balanced with the right proportions, super rear . True coming and going, very close to first just felt 1 moved with more drive today.
3 Yacoby-Wright's Cobyco Capture the moment

Graduate Bitch 18, 3 abs
1 Cahill and Timberlake’s Ardencote Dance a Dream at Chipperlake JW
Fawn with white trim bitch, loved her outline, she is feminine and curvaceous showing good breed type . Pretty head , smooth shoulder and front well under her, correct pasterns and feet, good body proportions giving super topline and underline, good rear. Sound movement with nice profile gait.
2 Green & Ratcliffe’s Crosscop More than Words for Arrodare
Fawn with white trim , feminine pretty bitch , sits in a smaller frame than the first , a real quality girl with excellent breed type, sound in all directions showing drive behind, just preferred the topline of the first when stacked.
3 Coulter’s Collooney Strawberry Wine

Post Graduate Bitch
1 Place and Halliday’s Aarminias Pillow Talk
Fawn brindle with white trim, a quality girl showing super breed type, feminine and curvy, pretty head and good neck into smooth shoulders, nicely knuckled feet, front well under her, lovely proportions giving such a pleasing outline, well angulated rear and excellent all ways on the move.
2. Miluk & Miluk’s Tumblers Araminta
Red fawn and white of lovely type, feminine head into good neck and front, good proportions giving a balanced outline, Movement good all round just not the drive of the class winner today
3 Gibbins, Fryer & Fryer’s Stonefox Prim and Proper

Limit Bitch 26, 4abs
1 Wignall’s Starswift Seductress
Fawn with white trim , super quality girl, feminine and so correct, lovey head and neck into the smoothest of shoulder, front nicely under her, correct pasterns and feet, loved her balanced body shape, correct rear angulation. Movement spot-on from all angles, full of breed type, loved her. RCC
2 Spademan, Mycroft, Morris and Waddell’s Crosscop California Barbie from Supeta JW Fawn with white trim, quality girl with the best of breed type, feminine, with a super outline, well constructed all through, liked her a lot. Super sound on the move and a real showgirl. Very close to the winner I slightly preferred the underline on the first. Splitting hairs these two could change places on a different day
3 Uggeri’s Bohosoul Bewitched

Open Bitch 11, 1abs
1 Green and Ratcliffe’s Ch Crosscop Bumble Bee by Arrodare
I’ve had the pleasure of judging this girl before, she epitomises the breed, lovely quality with fine coat and skin, feminine head into good neck and smooth shoulders, correct in

front, perfect proportion of rib to loin giving her the best topline , sweeping stifles with well let down hocks. Movement was foot perfect and effortless, she was on fire today. BCC and with agreement from my Co-judge BOB
2 Perkins and Van Der Schaaf’s Ch Creme Anglaise’s Entourage with Silkridge JW
Fawn brindle and white , lovely head and reachy neck into good shoulders, good in front just a little more forechest than the winner. Curvy outline with poweful rear she used well on the move, a lovely bitch and close to winner

3 Morland’s Ch Zoraden Gossip Girl JW ,Shcex ,Osw

Special Racing/Lure coursing Open Bitch 5, 0 abs
1. Leathart’s Ringmore Jocasta
Fawn with white trim girl, feminine head, good front with correct pasterns, lovely proportions giving her a good topline and underline, good in rear. Sound in movement . She made a balanced picture stacked.
2 Bowsher’s Zoraden Fifty Shades Darker JW
Black with white trim bitch, pleasing head into a good neck and front, just prefered pasterns on the first, well ribbed into a strong loin, strong rear. Sound on the move
3 Tristram’s Pagarnis Princess Elsa

Good Citizen Bitch 3, 0 abs
1 Trouton’s Citycoft Aphrodite of Runnel
Red brindle with white trim bitch, loved her outline, feminine, pretty head, good neck into the smoothest of shoulders, good proportions and a well angulated rear. Moved soundly in all directions
2 Gore’s Silkridge Brighter Vision for Helsim
Fawn brindle with white trim, good in head, neck and shoulder, sound front construction just not the length of winner, movement sound in all directions
3 OhokaTop Model at Hengilfach

Judge Heather Cleaver